Keywords: outdoor Lot-801-25: Guadalcanal Campaign, 7 August 1942 – February 9 1943. The Statue Survived – Found intact amidst the wreckage after a Japanese bombing of Visale, Guadalcanal, this statue of the Blessed Virgin and Christ child were removed to the office of the Guadalcanal U.S. Chaplain, where it watches protectively over the foxhole refuge against air attacks, July 20, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/06). Lot-801-25: Guadalcanal Campaign, 7 August 1942 – February 9 1943. The Statue Survived – Found intact amidst the wreckage after a Japanese bombing of Visale, Guadalcanal, this statue of the Blessed Virgin and Christ child were removed to the office of the Guadalcanal U.S. Chaplain, where it watches protectively over the foxhole refuge against air attacks, July 20, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/06). |